News about Japan

Tsunami threat declared after powerful earthquake hits Japan Tengrinews.kz - A powerful earthquake has struck Japan, and a tsunami warning has been issued.
08 August 2024 16:35
Japan’s Prime Minister to visit Kazakhstan Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for an official visit on August 9-10, at the invitation of President
08 August 2024 12:01
6.2 quake hits western Japan The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), struck shortly after 2:00 pm (0500 GMT) in Tottori prefecture.
21 October 2016 15:26
Four-in-10 Japanese are virgins: poll More than 40 percent of young Japanese single adults are virgins and almost three-quarters of men are not in any kind of relationship.
19 September 2016 15:55
Japan's first lady visits Pearl Harbor The wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited Pearl Harbor, bombed by Japanese planes nearly 75 years ago.
22 August 2016 16:40
Japan agrees to lease military aircraft to Philippines Japan will lease military aircraft to the Philippines to counter Beijing's increasing regional influence
03 May 2016 14:17
Japan abandons $250mn black hole satellite Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.
28 April 2016 17:54
Figure skating: Japan's Hanyu fumes at rival for 'intentional' collision Japan's Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu accused Denis Ten of Kazakhstan of deliberately colliding with him during practice.
31 March 2016 15:58
Japan loses track of pricey black hole satellite Dozens of space scientists are desperately scouring the skies after losing track of a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar Japanese satellite that was sent to study black holes.
28 March 2016 15:32
Religious duel in Japan: Pastor rock vs. Buddhist monk blues The band Boxi Rocks features Sekino and three other pastors, who don church robes during their raucous performances.
25 March 2016 14:37
Japan to send plutonium cache to US this weekend Japan will return a huge cache of plutonium -- enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs -- to the United States.
18 March 2016 17:15
Mutations, DNA damage seen in Fukushima forests: Greenpeace Conservation group Greenpeace warned that the environmental impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis five years ago on nearby forests is just beginning to be seen.
04 March 2016 15:26
Technology, ancient and modern, can help buildings survive quakes Magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Taiwan highlighted what is needed to build a structure that can withstand seismic shocks.
08 February 2016 14:53
World's first 'robot run' farm to open in Japan A Japanese firm said Monday it would open the world's first fully automated farm with robots handling almost every step of the process.
01 February 2016 18:12
Mitsubishi Heavy postpones delivery of first made-in-Japan jet Mitsubishi Heavy is postponing delivery of the first made-in-Japan passenger jet, a little more than a month after its maiden test flight.
24 December 2015 16:54
Japanese monks karate chop, chant in funeral contest Japanese Buddhist monks strutted their stuff in a contest highlighting sutra chanting skills, giving funeral sermons and loud karate chops.
09 December 2015 17:41
Nazarbayev meets Japan's PM Shinzo Abe in Astana President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in Astana.
23 November 2015 17:20
Japan dips into recession in stumble for 'Abenomics' Japan's economy slipped into recession for the second time since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power nearly three years ago.
16 November 2015 16:06
Japan and Kazakhstan to explore rare earth metals in Karaganda and Kostanai regions JOGMEC and Kazgeologiya National Geological Exploration Company are expecting to start exploration works in spring 2016, primarily in territories rich in yttrium in Karaganda and Kostanai regions.
28 October 2015 13:52
Kazakhstan’s President invites Japanese companies to partake in privatization of Kazakhstan companies For the last 10 years the inflow of Japan’s FDI made up about $ 5 billion. The trade turnover between the two nations for the last 7 years totaled $10 billion.
28 October 2015 12:49
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